Crossword Puzzle Number 2447 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
4. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
9. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
13. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. A Nilotic language.
17. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
20. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
22. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
24. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
26. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
28. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
30. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
37. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
46. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
48. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
55. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
56. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
57. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
58. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
61. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
64. Jordan's port.
65. Having a tendency (to).
66. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
67. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
71. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
72. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
80. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
83. Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
85. A town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
88. Slightly sour to the taste.
89. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
91. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
92. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
93. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
95. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
96. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
97. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
98. Declare untrue.
99. A socially awkward or tactless act.
100. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
101. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.

DOWN

1. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
2. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
3. Of silk fabric.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
6. Not present.
7. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
8. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
9. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
10. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
11. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
12. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
13. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
14. A Loloish language.
15. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
25. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
27. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
29. A boy or man.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
33. United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980).
36. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
38. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
40. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
41. Someone who drives or rides in a boat.
42. A republic in southeastern Europe.
44. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
45. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
47. French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980).
49. Unknown god.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
53. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
54. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
63. Imperial moths.
68. Affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor.
69. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.
70. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
73. Be successful.
74. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
75. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
76. (Greek mythology) God of the heavens.
77. Accumulate on the surface.
78. One of the three sections of the hipbone.
79. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
81. Indigo bush.
82. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
84. A violent throw.
85. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
86. In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.
87. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
90. Being one more than forty.
94. In operation or operational.

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